MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 67 20.7 14.4 67 6.3 16.7 282 2 293.0 294.9 289.5 322.3 10.27 1 1000 154 20.4 13.5 65 6.9 16.0 283 3 293.6 295.3 289.2 321.5 9.76 2 950 598 20.9 12.1 57 8.8 15.4 255 3 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.8 9.38 3 900 1065 18.9 8.6 51 10.3 12.7 264 5 301.0 302.4 290.0 324.1 7.80 4 850 1552 14.8 6.4 57 8.4 9.9 262 6 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.8 7.11 5 800 2061 10.3 4.0 65 6.4 6.8 262 5 302.2 303.3 289.1 321.2 6.36 6 750 2594 5.3 1.9 79 3.4 3.5 258 4 302.4 303.4 288.8 320.0 5.87 7 700 3153 1.3 -4.2 67 5.5 -1.2 285 7 303.9 304.7 287.5 316.2 4.01 8 650 3748 -0.4 -18.1 25 17.7 -6.2 272 9 308.5 308.7 286.4 313.1 1.41 9 600 4385 -2.4 -27.5 13 25.0 -9.1 259 13 313.3 313.4 287.3 315.6 0.67 10 550 5072 -4.6 -35.1 7 30.5 -11.4 260 14 318.6 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.35 11 500 5815 -9.3 -33.6 12 24.3 -14.6 255 16 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.45 12 450 6620 -15.2 -37.3 13 22.1 -19.1 248 21 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.34 13 400 7498 -22.0 -43.0 13 21.1 -24.8 252 25 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 14 350 8464 -30.2 -39.0 42 8.8 -31.3 248 29 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.4 0.37 15 300 9542 -37.0 -37.0 100 -0.0 -37.0 253 27 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.53 16 250 10776 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 251 24 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 17 200 12215 -57.2 -60.6 65 3.4 -57.2 247 32 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14028 -59.4 -78.6 7 19.1 -59.6 283 35 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16527 -64.9 -83.5 6 18.6 -65.0 292 20 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.82 m Freezing level: 662.30 mb = 3601.37 m = 11815.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.75 mb = 3006.88 m = 9864.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.08 mb = 874.23 m = 2868.18 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2187.12 m = 7175.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 4.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 5.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 15.71 C K Index: 25.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.28 mb = 1579.04 m = 5180.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.28 mb = 2787.81 m = 9146.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.28 mb = 3477.30 m = 11408.31 ft B at Equ Level: 38.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.28 mb = 4354.66 m = 14286.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.49 Bulk Shear: 4.56 m/s